Where does “patrouille” come from?

patrouille (Dutch) comes from Middle French patrouille, from Old French patrouille, from Old French patrouiller, from Old French patte, from Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.

patrouille (Dutch): patrol

Definitions

  1. patrol

Ancestry of “patrouille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpatrouille
2Old Frenchpatrouille
3Old Frenchpatrouillerto paddle, paw about, patrol
4Old Frenchpattepaw, hoof; a paw
5Latinpattapaw, foot
6Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
7Proto-Germanicpat-
Every word from Proto-Germanic pat-